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However, a spokesman confirmed that Mr Corbyn would seek to open up a discussion about “public ownership objectives for the 21st century” – including the railways – if he won the race to succeed Ed Miliband.

Jeremy Corbyn is the shock leader in the race to become the next leader of the Labour Party, but while he may bring it more in line with its traditional beliefs, he will take it further away from power.

Amid concerns that non-Labour supporters have infiltrated the ballot, it’s emerged 1,200 members or supporters of another party have already been excluded from voting in the contest, including hundreds who stood against Labour in local or national elections. Ex-chief Ed...

Jeremy Corbyn is “cautious” about his chances of victory in the Labour leadership contest despite an opinion poll giving him a clear lead and the bookmakers installing him as favourite to win.

The Shadow Home Secretary insisted she was the “real radical” and made the case to be Labour’s first woman leader – saying the party needed a “feminist approach to our economy and society”.

Prominent Labour MPs such as John Woodcock and David Winnick have argued that a win for Corbyn in the leadership election would bring the Labour party back to the unelectable 1980s, preventing the recapture of Tory voters they believe is necessary to challenge the Conservatives...